H1B Report
Salary comparison

Physical Therapists vs Software Developers

Side-by-side H-1B prevailing-wage comparison using the same DOL LCA data that drives every page on H1B Report. Quartiles, hiring geography, top sponsors and yearly wage drift.

Occupation A
Physical Therapists
SOC 29-1123Rank #40
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

Wage figures are offered annual wage; volume is total LCA count.

MetricPhysical TherapistsSoftware Developers
Median wage$82,410$116,251
P25 wage$73,840$95,160
P75 wage$93,600$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$19,760$50,565
Total filings11,4351,400,940
Wage samples11,4131,399,063
Rank#40#1

Median wage by year

Year-over-year drift of the typical offered wage.

Physical Therapists
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Physical Therapists

  • 1NY2,493$79,227
  • 2IL1,184$72,800
  • 3CA1,066$104,000
  • 4MI929$82,000
  • 5TX928$84,053

Top 5 hiring states — Software Developers

  • 1CA295,439$152,100
  • 2TX216,424$105,997
  • 3WA111,054$148,013
  • 4NJ75,370$113,672
  • 5NY60,422$130,000
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